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Are you looking for an opportunity to share your knowledge of technology and commercial transactions by joining a team on the cutting edge of cloud computing and AI for enterprise level customers? Corporate, External and Legal Affairs (CELA) has an immediate opening for a Principal Corporate Counsel attorney to join the Global Deal Team, which takes pride in their collaboration, learning, energy, and relationship building with business leaders and customers. Your primary responsibility will be supporting Microsoft’s Customer and Partner Solutions organization. In this role, you will work with cross functional teams to enable strategic relationships with Microsoft’s most important customers while working on cutting-edge issues related to cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI), and similar technologies at the intersection of technology, business, and the law. Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more, and we’re dedicated to this mission across every aspect of our company. Our Culture is centered on embracing a growth mindset and encouraging teams and leaders to bring their best each day. Join us and help shape the future of the world.
Job Responsibility:
Legal Advice and Counsel: Support the Microsoft Customer and Partner Solutions organization, anticipating and addressing highly complex legal and business issues, and serving as a key strategic partner and advisor to business clients
Lead complex technology transactions and develop negotiation strategies
Creatively solve problems and coordinate across CELA and business team subject matter experts
Utilize outside counsel effectively and guide escalations to appropriate senior leaders in order to take smart and well-informed risks in response to customer concerns
Stay informed of rules, regulations, and other statutory requirements relating to Microsoft’s business and advise business clients and CELA colleagues accordingly
Communicate in a manner that advances negotiations and projects, creates clarity, utilizes insights, and advances closure of open issues
Support the business teams in ensuring legal compliance and in providing solutions to mitigate risks
Culture: Model and evangelize inclusive behavior, ensuring that your ideas and the ideas of others are heard
Act with empathy in supporting teammates, CELA colleagues, and business clients
Embrace a global mindset, respecting similarities and differences in others
Embody our culture and values
Requirements:
Juris Doctor Degree or international equivalent degree AND 4+ years' experience as a practicing attorney OR equivalent experience
Active license to practice law in a jurisdiction and capable of meeting admission requirements in relevant jurisdiction
1+ years' experience working as an attorney, advising, negotiating and drafting complex commercial transactions (i.e. outsourcing, deals, mergers & acquisitions)
1+ years' experience with cloud computing, generative and traditional AI, and their related legal issues
Demonstrated experience partnering with cross-functional teams to solve complex issues and collaborate to generate consensus across diverse points of view
Experience working in an agile environment and openness to adapt practice in response to evolving business strategies and transformation